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Area high school graduations underway
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
SIKESTON — Many students in the Bootheel are preparing to walk across the stage to receive their high school diplomas. While some area high school seniors are preparing to graduate in the coming days and weeks, others have already received their diplomas from their schools...
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Dexter woman dies in New Madrid County crash
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — A Dexter, Missouri, woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Thursday, May 4 in New Madrid County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 3:20 p.m. on US 61 at Route P as the westbound vehicle driven by Kellie R. Aldridge, 58, of Dexter turned into the path of the semi-truck operated by Brian K. Anneser, 59, of Benton, Missouri...
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Medical simulation training bus makes stop in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
SIKESTON — The University of Missouri School of Medicine and MU Extension have begun training emergency responders on the road in rural Missouri. The goal of a Missouri School of Medicine mobile simulator that stopped in Sikeston on Thursday, May 4, was to improve medical service in rural Missouri areas...
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Sikeston High School senior’s painting wins VFW state contest, moves on to nationals
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
SIKESTON — A Sikeston High School senior’s painting in honor of her military-serving brother has won first place in a VFW Auxiliary patriotic state contest, and now her artwork will compete on the national level. Lilly Bone won first place in Sikeston VFW Auxiliary’s Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. She went on to win first place in the state contest. Bone’s artwork, “My Brother’s Honor,” which she painted using coffee, will be judged at the VFW Auxiliary’s national contest...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 05/05/23)
Thank you for publishing the opinion piece on the Republican party being part of the problem with mass shootings. Republicans have lost their minds. We need common-sense gun control now. Apparently, the only way for that to happen is to vote the Republicans out.
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Laws do not prevent crimes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/05/23)
For all those who cry out and protest for more and stricter gun laws, consider the following: Genesis: 2:15-17 “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying: “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall die.”...
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Give yourself over to God
(Column ~ 05/05/23)
I drive back and forth on highway HH a lot. On the north side of the road is a long line of utility poles. At the very top of each pole is a number, such as 69, 70 and 71. I never really gave this much thought, but in thinking it over, this is such a wise thing to do. If a vehicle or a storm damages one of the poles, the utility company just needs to know the pole number and they know precisely where to go...
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Type O negative blood donors needed for emergencies
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – When every second counts, blood products can provide lifesaving care. The American Red Cross is asking the public to give blood or platelets during Trauma Awareness Month in May to keep hospitals prepared for all transfusion needs, including emergencies. Type O negative blood donors are especially needed right now, the Red Cross said...
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Stars and Stripes seeks expansion
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — A survey is expected in the next month of land located behind the Stars and Stripes Museum that may be used to expand the tourist attraction. The museum would like to construct a new building and asked the Stoddard County Commission in March to donate property for the project. They estimate the expansion would require about 7 acres...
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Darrell Thompson
(Obituary ~ 05/05/23)
HILMAR, Calif. — Darrell Wayne Thompson, 67, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died May 2, 2023, at the Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, California. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.
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Jerry Morgan
(Obituary ~ 05/05/23)
SIKESTON — Jerry Eugene Morgan, age 72, passed away on May 4, 2023, at Delta South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sikeston. He was born on Sept. 23, 1950, in East Prairie, Missouri, to the late Marion “Bud” and Catherine Williford Morgan.
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